FinancingForeclosure_and_defaultHARD
A homeowner defaults on a $250,000 mortgage. Her lender completes a judicial foreclosure, and the property is sold at auction for $210,000. State law permits the lender to seek further recovery from the borrower for any shortfall when the loan is not fully satisfied by the auction. The lender petitions the court for an additional ruling against the borrower personally — beyond what the auction produced — to recover the $40,000 gap. If the court grants the lender's petition, the lender may garnish wages or bank accounts. What is the lender seeking through that petition?
Correct Answer
C) Deficiency judgment
The auction satisfied $210,000 of a $250,000 loan, leaving a $40,000 shortfall. The lender's petition seeks a court order against the borrower individually for that gap — the personal money judgment available where state law allows is a deficiency judgment.
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Loan reinstatementB
Acceleration clauseC
Deficiency judgmentD
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